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Surveying a database of 300 travel buyers world wide and then incorporating information from Smith Travel Research, ARC and OAG filings, Egencia came up with key findings on air, hotel, even car rental pricings that could aid the navigation through the obstacle course that is travel planning.
Looking at the airline industry in North America, for instance, while average ticket prices (ATP) have increased some 6 percent across the board, the survey found that some gateways are more expensive than others. Flights from Atlanta, for instance, rose 11.4 percent ($364) in Q1 2012 whereas flights leaving from Chicago O'Hare saw a .1 percent increase ($349). Flights from Minneapolis rose 12.5 percent ($452) while flights out of Los Angeles rose 0.9 percent ($370). Ticket price hikes have been attributed to higher royal carribean cruises to grand cayman fuel prices, royal carribean cruises to grand cayman tighter management capacity and airline consolidation.
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In Europe, markets that showed solid rate increases.  Stockholm (up 9.2%), Dublin (up 6.5%) and Marseille (up 6.3%) topping the chart. The highest hotel rates can be found in Moscow – up 5.5 percent for an average booking price of $209.
ADRs in Asia-Pacific destinations generally increased, especially in Jakarta (up 23.6%), Seoul (up 15.4%) and Hong Kong (up 12.4%). For the top business markets (Singapore/Hong Kong), limited supply will continue to fuel ADR increases. At $217, Singapore offers the highest ADR in the Asia/Pacific region this year.
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Airlines are more agreeable to negotiating discounts if bookings are consolidated, supported by strong policy tools and backed by reporting and historical data. Airline partners will want a concrete demonstration that travel buyers have implemented strong policy controls to increase share and target incentive goals, allowing corporate clients to shift business to preferred partners.
While buyers should ask for increased discounts for consolidated share, current trends have created an environment where airlines are less willing to expand existing discounts without expanded share.
In an era of constrained capacity and rising ticket prices in many markets, booking in advance remains ever more critical. While not every trip is planned early, booking as early as possible ensures choice of route options and lower ticket prices.
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For corporate travelers, property-specific agreements typically lead to better savings. While chain-wide agreements provide the advantage of a regional discount to companies with geographically dispersed travel patterns, property-level agreements at individual chain properties offer greater discounts. Chain-wide agreements are also very difficult to negotiate without significant travel spend.
43% of travel agencies and travel buyers expect their travel volumes (number of trips) to increase during the remainder of 2012 (compared with 54% in 2011) with 46% expecting their overall travel spend to increase.
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